Two teenagers have been arrested for robbing Chinese food deliveryman at gunpoint in their hometown of Hempstead late Tuesday night, Nassau County police said.
The 29-year-old victim was making a delivery on Elm Avenue when 18-year-old Lamel Blaylock grabbed him by the neck and 16-year-old Shakim Sheppard displayed a handgun and demanded money at 11:31 p.m., police said.
The two Hempstead teens stole cash and food before they fled to Sheppard’s home down the block, police said.
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Officers apprehended the duo shortly later and the victim identified them as the suspects, police said.
A loaded .38-caliber handgun was recovered from Sheppard’s bedroom, police said. No injuries were reported.
Blaylock and Sheppard were charged with robbery, criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon.
They will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
